Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr known for bleak, existential movies has died
Bela Tarr, influential Hungarian arthouse director known for bleak, long-take black-and-white films like Satantango and Werckmeister Harmonies, died at age 70.
With Satantango and Werckmeister Harmonies, Bela Tarr became the vividly disquieting master of spiritual desolation
Bela Tarr's films epitomize an extreme 'slow cinema' with monolithic, near-motionless pacing, darkly comic depth, political engagement, and a later commitment to teaching young filmmakers.